Opening device for receptacles.



G. G. WEBER. 0231mm DEVICE FOR REGEPTAOLES.

'APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15, 1907.

911,927; Patented-FehQ, 1909.

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PATENT OFFICE.

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To all whom it concern: Be it known that I, Gnonen C. WEBER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chi- .cago, in the county of: CookandStateoi' Illinois, have invented-certain new and use: ful Improvementsin Opening Devices for Receptacles, of which the following is a spee'cation.

' This inventionrelates to devices for prying up the lid of a box-orbottle, and has for, its 9 ject to obviate the necessity for employingthe finger-nail or some metallic instrument in attemptingtopiy 11p acover of thekind ordinarily em loye inconnection with shoe polish boxes,aking powder boxes, and simireceptacles. The employment of the device ofthe present invent on ermits the operation of opening the boxes to bestently performed by turning a key, which is intends to exert a action,whereby the cover will be llfted 8li%(3l9nfly t0 permit its easyremoval.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the-drawings, I igure 1- is aside elevation of the blacking box ofthe usual type showing the lid closed and the key in normal position;Pig. -2 a sirnila-r view showing the 3y turned to opening QS1l310H; 3 ane ar'ged'top view of the ey attache to the edge of thelid in 'sectionand showing the flange on the body of the box; I ig. 4 aviewof ash htlymodified form of construction as applie to the eap of a bottle, showingthe ,cap. in closed position; Fig.- 5 a similar view showingithe cappartially pried up and in position for manual removal yhig. 6' asectional view throu h the-mock band fo'r the bottle, showing t e key inelevation; and Fig. 7 a side elevation of the neck band straightenedout.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. I, an ordinary shoe polish boxISShOWll com prising a body. ortion 8 having, near its 'er run, an autment in the form. of a "JP le ge'or bead 9, which bod portion e06er-..

' ates with a coverin the orm of a Ii 10 which overlies the upper ed eorrim'of the; body portion and is adapte to contact the ledge or head. Apertionofthe of the a socket lip 11 "slot 12 formed at the bend or angleof thelip,

lid is reversely be'nt'or upturned to provide" provided with anelongated which slot, as -shown,,extends for'about a third oith'ejlength of thebend or angle. The" Specification oiIaettera Patent. Application filed m 15, 1907. Serial to. teases.

Patented Feb. 9, 190's.

slot serves to retain in place a key-13 come prising a key hook 13 whichlies between the u turned ,lip' and the outer curved wall of the lidand'is of substantially semi-circular sha e having a rounded upper edge14 which is a apted, as shown inhig. 2, to travel with-v I in the slotwhen the key 1s turned from the,

position vshown in I 'ig. 1 to the position shown in lug. 2. The keyhook, at its free end,-

provided with aiorwardly extending flange or finger 15 bent at rightangles to the body of the key, which finger is adapted to bear againstthe edge 16 of the lip, which edge is cut on the arc of a circle, havingthe adjacent end 16 of the slot as a center. The key further comprises ahandle 17 which outwardly extends from the key hook at right an glesthereto and is connected therewith by a s oit neck 29. The metalcomposing the henc'lleis cut away toQa point ad ac-ent the end ic ofwhich permits the handle, when turned, to

clear the outer face of the adjacent end of the lip. In like manner theo osite end of the handle is cut away to a 0rd a recess -19- ada ted toclear the edge of the flange or the slot to afiord a slot or recess 18bea 9 when thekey is turned. The proabutment to engage the upper edge ofthe flange or bead 9, and the neck, contacting these two points ofengagement, serves to pry up the lid when, the key is turned, the

. ange or finger 15 meanwhile traveling along the curved edge '16 of thelip and serving to maintain the op osite sides of the neck 20 inengagement wit 'the end 16 of the slot and I the flange or bead 9 resactively.

As a pliedto a bottle, 32 represents the body 0 the receptacle having acover,- in the formiof a crimpedcap 240i the 1181181 type which overliesthe rim or edge 23 of'the body 32. The opening device com rises a band25" adapted to encircle the nec, -,ef the body near, its upper rim oredge, which band is prov'ided. on its ends with a tongue 30 ada ted tobeente'red through a slot 31 and bent ack in the usual manner when theband is bent to lace around the neck of the'bottle; and the V and isfurther provided on its upper edge entirely outside of the cover and isnot inreceptacle, as is the case in some prior cona portion of the keymember is entered and moved by moving the key overlying the end of theother member, a rewith a reversely bent or turned lip 26 provided with aslot 27, similar in all respects to the slot 12. The slot 27 has enteredthereinto a key hook 28 which depends from a key lever 29 with which itis connected. The key hook is connected with the upper end of the leverby a short neck 29 which engages the edge of the slot and underlies theedge of the cap which serves as an abutment in the, same manner as thebead 9 previously described. W hen in closed position, the cap will bearagainst the angle of the lip 26, over- 1 'ing the neck 29 of the lever.When it is desired to pry u the cap, a movement of the lever serves toring the opposite edges 29 and 29 of the neck into engagement with theend of the slot and the rim of the cap, respec-' tively, 'as shown inBig. 5.

1n the two forms of construction shown, the operation of lilting the capis substantially the same in that the neck portion of the key, in itsnormal position, rests between the two abutting surfaces which areadapted to be engaged by the edges of the neck when the key is turnedinto position to pry 0a the cover. I

Y 'lhe opening mechanism of the present invention is peculiarly adaptedfor use in connection with receptacles having tight iitting covers, forthe reason that the mechanism is serted between the cover and the top ofthe struetions. By locating the opening mechanism at the pointindicated, the cover itself will not be distorted or mal-adjusted in anyway, and atthe same time, regardless of the tightness of the ht, it canbe instantly reor lever in the manner indicated. 1

W hat 1 regard as new and desire to secure by Letters latent is:

l. A receptacle comprising a body portion and a cover, one of themembers having a rim adapted to over lie the end of the other member, akey member outside of the members and adapted to engage both of themembers i'or prying the cover i'rom the body when the key is turned outof normal position, and a reveisely turned exterior lip on one of themembers provided with a slot through which held in position to permitthe required movement, substantiallyas described.

2. A receptacle comprising two members, one of the members having a rimor flange versely turned lip secured to the rim or flange and rovidedwith a slot at its bend or angle, an a ntment on the other member, a

key member entered through the slot and adapted, when turned to openingposition, to simultaneously engage the slot edge and the abutment forprying the two members apart, substantially as described.

3. A receptacle comprising two members, one of the members having a rimor flange overlying the end of the other member, a reversely turned lipsecured to the rim or flange and provided'with a slot at its bend orangle, an abutment on the other member, a key hook lying intermediatethe lip and the adjacent wall of the member, and an outwardly extendinghandle having a neck connecting the handle nith the key hook and enteredthrough the slot and adapted, when turned to opening position, tosimultaneously engage the slot edge and the abutment, substantially asdescribed.

4. A receptacle comprising two members,

' overlying the end of the other member, a reversely turned lip securedto the rim or flange and provided with a slot at its bend or angle, anabutment on the other member, a key hook lying intermediate the lip andthe adjacent wall and provided with a forwardly extending flange orfinger adapted to ride over one edge of the lip, a handle outwardlyextending transversely of the key, and a neck connecting the handle withthe key and entered through the slot and adapted, when turned to openingposition, to simultancously engage the slot edge and the abutment,substantially as described.

5. A receptacle comprising two members, one of the members having a rimor [hinge overlying the end of the other member, the

latter member being provided with a circumferential head or flange, thefirst member having a reversely turned lip provided with a slot at itsbend or angle and having one of the edges of the lip cut on a circlestruck from the adjacent end of the slot as a center, a key member lyingintermediate the lip and the wall of the member and having a curved edgeadapted to travel through the slot, a handle outside of the slot andconnected in ith the key by a neck having a width substuu tiallyequal tothelength oi' theslot, the handle being recessed back to the neck onboth sides to clear the lip and the bead, respectively, when turned toopening )osition, and a huger on the free end of the key adapted to rideover the curved edge of the lip. suhstant ially as described.

GEORGE U. WEBER. Witnesses:

"WALKER Bannrne,

PIERSON W. BANKING Ill]

